Heavenly Father
give us grace to truly lean on you20 It will come to pass that the remnant of Israel
will no more again lean on the King of Assyria who struck them,
but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.Heavenly Father
give us grace to trust you when the destructive consequences of sin occur
give us grace to see this as an overflowing of righteousness.(Note: Judah will be destroyed due to its turning away from Yahweh to other Gods. The destruction will come from Assyria, who will then be destroyed, for the same reason)
22A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
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23 …Heavenly father
pour out your holy spirit on us, so that we may be wise and understand what it is to fear you.1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
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from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
…Heavenly father
give us grace to seek your righteousness and justice, and not be swayed by the sometimes small amount of information that we see and hear.3 He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
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or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with…Heavenly father
give us grace to be filled with your knowledge, so that we do no harm today6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
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the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat…Heavenly father
give us grace to come out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Your Son so that people from all nations shall see Your glorious salvation visible like a banner, and come to it.10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
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11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving…Heavenly father
give us grace to draw on your strength in good times as well as bad, so that you may be our song and salvation today and everyday, for ever.1 In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
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2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore with joy you…Heavenly father
give us grace to walk humbly before you so that we will not be destroyed in our pride and arrogance.4 Yahweh of Armies is mustering an army, 5 the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 For Yahweh’s day is at hand! 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. . 9 Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of…
moreHeavenly father
give us grace to cling on to hope in the face of sorrow, trouble and oppression.
give us grace to turn away from arrogance and from anything which puts down others.1 Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. 2 The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place.…
moreHeavenly father, when we are afflicted give us grace to be a blessing to those who are poor, needy and afflicted.
28 This burden was in the year that king Ahaz (of Judah) died (in whose reign Philistia had oppressed parts of Judah)
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29 Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent. 30 The…
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